List here what you DO NOT like on 8.1.

[Nimdock]

Since Facebook is not built in to the OS anymore I do think the people hub tile should stop showing a little Facebook image every now and then.

I don't like that.

 

[Flan Tamarind]

The other thing is that, from what I can tell, "Background tasks" disappeared from Settings - so I can't tell what apps are running in the background.

Background Tasks has been moved under Battery Saver. You can tell that an app runs in the background if it has allowed/ not allowed/ always allowed beneath it. Selecting any app in that list will show you when it uses juice as well as a toggle to allow it to run in the background or when Battery Saver is active. Apps with no Background Task will not give you those options. Hope this helps!

 

[jdballard]

For all the folks unhappy with Xbox music, the beauty of uncoupling it from the OS will be the updates and it sounds like they'll happen quickly. http://m.winsupersite.com/xbox-music/microsoft-improve-xbox-music-windows-phone-81-other-platforms-0

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[Ebuka Allison]

Hey guys, wanna vote on my idea for Custom hubs? I think it could be a pretty cool and different idea which gives a unique USP to WP

 

[deadwrong03]

Overall I'm happy with 8.1 I don't like how they killed the me tile with the removal of posting to Facebook and twitter at the same time but I'd take the notification center, home screen wallpaper, custom notification sounds, Cortana, and battery saver over that.

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[smoledman]

Matter of taste, I actually like individual notifications.

But think about the overall UX. Why not have it collapsed to a summary tile, expandable if you touch a little +? Or even better yet, use the Android method of only showing one entry per app. I know that this is more efficient because I use Android 4.4 every day and it "just works".

 

[Nimdock]

But think about the overall UX. Why not have it collapsed to a summary tile, expandable if you touch a little +? Or even better yet, use the Android method of only showing one entry per app. I know that this is more efficient because I use Android 4.4 every day and it "just works".

That is something you are used to so you miss it. I can understand that.

In my case (and I don't mean to claim my point of view is the way), I have no previous concept of an action center so this seems to work for me. The collapsible list idea I actually like, but not the one entry per app.

The thing is that there are plenty of notifications that must take you to a very specific place in an app. If there is only one entry per app that means we are completely losing the current concept of the action center (because one of the biggest complaints of live tiles was that you could see you had notifications but the tile would not take you to the place you needed to go). At this point we might as well go back to live tiles.

 

[vaderag]

I like having the notifications separate. I'd like to choose the order, but otherwise its great. You can dismiss them all from one app with one swipe anyway

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[Darkgift]

So you go on a rant about not wanting to use WP81 and how you "upgraded to WP8" and I tell you good bye (since unless I can't read this forum clearly has a WP81 title) and you get pissy? http://www.emoticons.free.fr/smileys/Default/bye.gif

Dorsnt mean I can't and won't follow or post to it, so yeah, I get pissy at dbags like you. And btw, it wasn't a rant. It was a statement that was that showed compatibility between 8.0 lovers and 8.1 lovers. You thru that in the garbage by ur little juvenile comment.

 

[Darkgift]

Sure buddy. The "upgrade to WP8" is a classic troll comment and I am the child. Also, insulting? OK then!!

I upgraded my phone, not the OS...ive been on this site since 2011. No trolling here.

 

[Darkgift]

The list of things removed from 8.1 that need to be added back. ?€“ Feature Suggestions for Windows Phone

Please Bring Back Inline Messaging to WP8.1

Bring back the original photos hub in 8.1

Bring back the notification pane on the Me Tile

Remove Games from the App List


To all those with gripes about the new update...go and vote!!!

 

[sintg]

The list of things removed from 8.1 that need to be added back. – Feature Suggestions for Windows Phone

Please Bring Back Inline Messaging to WP8.1

Bring back the original photos hub in 8.1

Bring back the notification pane on the Me Tile

Remove Games from the App List


To all those with gripes about the new update...go and vote!!!

yeh, what happened to the ME tile!!!!?

 

[Pranjal Rai]

yeh, what happened to the ME tile!!!!?

Action centre happened.

 

[sintg]

and messed things up

 

[Pranjal Rai]

and messed things up

Its unification has overshadowed the small amount of things it has messed up. Tbh.

 

[Darkgift]

Its unification has overshadowed the small amount of things it has messed up. Tbh.

there's alot of us that have to disagree with you. And alot that see it as the direct opposite of unification. Tbh.

 

[AgentSplurge]

For me the update is worth it. There's only two things that I don't like. They are pretty big to me, but they aren't huge things in the over all scheme of things:

1. Music
2. Games

They are no longer integrated and it's really obvious from the way they feel. They both now feel like free apps from the store with 1 or 2 stars that I wouldn't bother with because the default ones might have less features but at least they work properly

 

[Pranjal Rai]

there's alot of us that have to disagree with you. And alot that see it as the direct opposite of unification. Tbh.

Don't know, don't care. Changes are always good. It's good in my opinion, and in no way the opposite of unification.

 

[Pranjal Rai]

there's alot of us that have to disagree with you. And alot that see it as the direct opposite of unification. Tbh.

Don't know, don't care. It's working out pretty well for me, and in no way the opposite of unification. Sure some parts of the OS are a bit rough around the edges, but I don't feel that the notification centre has been a mistake on Microsoft's part. In fact,I prefer it much more than android's notification centre. Tbh.

 

[Darkgift]

Don't know, don't care. It's working out pretty well for me, and in no way the opposite of unification. Sure some parts of the OS are a bit rough around the edges, but I don't feel that the notification centre has been a mistake on Microsoft's part. In fact,I prefer it much more than android's notification centre. Tbh.

Well we're all entitled to our opinions. We'll just have to agree to disagree. And in my opinion, it is the direct opposite. And I never said I didn't like the notification center. And instead of using "TBH" (my use was a sarcastic rebuttle) you should probably us "IMHO". "TBH" makes you sound like you feel you're 100% right, and there is no argument...comes off as a little pompous.